I publish this story every year to remind myself how lucky I am to be alive and to remind YOU to replace the batteries in your smoke alarms. They saved my life. carlakingwrites.substack.com/p/fire-in-th...

It feels like spring here in Santa Cruz, California. There's a cold breeze but today the ocean sparkled with sunlight and the sand on the beach was warm on bare feet. Lucky to live in such a beautiful place!

Found photo. Northern China 1998... no, second trip, 2008, using a sledgehammer to remove the drive shaft to replace the rubber "donuts" that wore down so much the ball joint was turning metal on metal. Horrible sound. It takes a village. Chang Jiang sidecar motorcycle upgraded with BMW 650 engine.

Never get tired of my Santa Cruz sunsets!

The perfect book for people who wish they could get through Homer's Odyssey but can't. An Odyssey: A Father, A Son, and an Epic by Daniel Mendelsohn. A memoir. I'm listening to it. amzn.to/3CwX8qA